CVKH Blog: Final days to vote for Camphill Kimberton and Chef Steph

THANK YOU to everyone that has been voting daily for Chef Steph and Camphill Kimberton in the Sears Chef Challenge! It has been an exciting journey and we are feeling great about the voting so far.

Will you help us in our final push to bring Chef Steph to the top? We need your help! If you haven't already been doing so, please log on to www.searschefchallenge.com and vote for Chef Steph and Camphill Kimberton. You will Steph under the Washington DC chefs. You can vote once per email address, per day through this Saturday. It literally takes less than a minute to vote and you will be helping a great organization! In fact, you will be helping four great organziations win $5,000.00 each. When you vote for Steph, you will also need to select a chef from LA, CHI and NYC. She recommend sChef Riq in New York, Chef Palak in LA and Chef Ron in Chicago. They are all talented chefs and are supporting great organizations as well!

Please also take the time to tell your friends and family about our quest to win the first round of the Sears Chef Challenge and get them voting. At this point in the competition every vote counts! Voting ends this Saturday at midnight EST.

If Steph advances to the next round of the competition, based on the number of online votes she gets, she will have an opportunity to go to Chicago and compete to win another $15,000 for Camphill Kimberton.

Let's get her there!  Thanks for your support!  Keep voting... and bring on Chicago! 

CVKH BLOG: Vote for Kimberton Hills to win $5,000

Help us and a local chef win big by voting online from June 26-July 10. 

Phoenixville resident, personal chef and owner of The Comfort Gourmet, Stephanie McKeon Krzywanski, has been selected as one of 24 chefs nationwide to participate in the Sears Chef Challenge. The grand prize is a complete kitchen renovation valued at over $35,000, plus an additional $20,000 donation to the winning Chef’s charity of choice.


Krzywanski has chosen to partner with Camphill Kimberton.  She explains, “I chose Camphill Village Kimberton Hills as my charity because it is right in my backyard (well, three miles away) and I support them on a weekly basis by purchasing milk, baked goods and produce from the village. I am a huge supporter of being local and organic and purchasing from Kimberton Hills supports that while also helping those with developmental disabilities. I have been searching for a food-related organization to donate my time after this competition and Kimberton Hills is my choice. It will be so personally rewarding for me to give back to my community by working with the residents. Thanks to Sears, I was able to make more of a connection with them instead of just purchasing their products for home and client use. The potential financial donation from Sears will go a long way as well.”

If Krzywanski wins the first round of voting, Camphill Kimberton will win $5,000. The first round of this three-round culinary competition began on May 5th with in-store demonstrations. Krzywanski will be competing in the Washington D.C. market.

The first round winner is determined by online voting, which begins on June 26th and continues through July 10th via www.searschefchallenge.com. Anyone can vote once a day during that two-week period.

Thank you for your support.  Tell a friend and remember to vote!